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. W. E. WHITEHBAD A Machine for Opening and Gili-11g Wool and other Pbrous .MateriaL No. 240,484. Patented April 19,1881.

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yMachine for Opening and Olng Wool and other Fibrous Material.

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N.FETERS, PHOTOL|TMOGHAFHER, WASNINGYON. 0 C.

Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. WHITEHEAD, OF MILES PLATTIN, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO WHITEHEAD & ATHERTON MACHINE COMPANY, OF LOWELL, MASS.

MACHINE FOR OPENING AND OILING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 240,484, dated April 19, 1881. Application sied october 28,1880. (No medal.)

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known lthat I, WILLIAM E. WHITE- HEAD, of Miles Plattin, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Opening and Oiling Wool and other Fibrous Material, of which the following is a specification.

My invention may be stated to consist in the combination, in a machine for opening fibrous i ro material, with the first and other beaters and the lapping mechanism, of an oiler arranged and operating to administer oil to the material after it has passed the said beaters and immediately before it is wound into alap. It has been customary, in some cases, to oil the material after it has been opened by a picker and loosely delivered on the floor, and in one instance it has been suggested for this purpose to place the oiler on the delivery end of the zo picker. In other cases the wool or cotton has been spread on the apron of the carding-engine andthere oiled. The latter plan is the one which generally has been followed. Under that method, however, one person at least is required to attend every two cards. I, on the contrary, use one oiler to a lapper, which will prepare material for twenty-Eve cards, and

' these twenty-five cards will require the labor of but two persons. Further, by combining` 3o the different parts of the machine as hereinbefore specified, I apply the oil after it has passed the rst and other beaters and immediately before forming the material intoa lap, in which way I obtain avery even sheet, which, when 3 5 applied in that condition to a carding-engine,

will produce a very even sliver.

The nature of my improvement and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into effect will be understood by reference to the 4o accompanying drawings, in which I have represented an automatic oiler applied in accordance with my invention to a two-section compound opener-lapper.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan, of the machine.

' The machine in its general organization requires but brief description.

A is the feed-apron 5 B, the whipper; O, the fan or dust-trunk containing the wire cage screens, between which the material passes on 5o its way to the beater D. E is the second fan or dust-trunk, andF are the calender-rolls. It

is at or just beyond this point that I in this machine oil the sheet of ibrous material-that is to say, after it has passed the beater and immediately before it is wound into a lap. For this purpose it will be found convenient to use an automatic oiler of any approved construction. An automatic oiler adapted for the purpose is represented in the drawings. It con- 6o sists of a dripper, amounted iu bearings on the machineframe or on the oil-trough b. The shaft on which the dripper is xed is a rockshaft, moved in one direction by a cam and in the other by a spring. Pivoted to a suitable point on some fixed part of the machine is a lever, c, connected bya strap,d, with the dripper-shaft, the strap taking a turn around the shaft, so that when the lever is moved back the strap will, by drawing on the dripper-shaft, 7o

`cause the dripper to turn back and down into the oil-trough. The lever is provided with a laterally-projectin g stud and friction-roller, c, resting against the periphery of a revolving cam, f, which obtains its movement from the gear g on one of the rotating wire-cage screens through the operation of gear h, compound gear 'i j, and gear 7c, the latter being fast on the axle of cam f. A spiral spring, l, encircling the dripper-shaft, and fastened at `one end to 8o the shaft and at the other end to some part of the dri pper-frame which rocks on said shaft, acts to depress the dripper and holds the lever-stud e against the cam. When the machineis in movement the dripper is alternately 8 5 rocked backward, so as to be immersed in the oil in the trough, and then forward to the positionindicated in the drawings, dropping suddenly (owing to the form of the cam) during the latter part of the forward and downward 9o movement, and thus throwing off a spray of oil, which falls upon the sheet of fibrous material beneath. The sheet is thus oiled uniformly and evenly after passing the beater and immediately before being wound into a lap.

' In conclusion, I state that I do not claim, broadly, administering oil to wool Vor other iibrous material after it has passed an opening device and before it has been delivered to a carding-en gine. rEhis may be done Without obtaining the result which I have in view, for I find iu my experience that it is impracticable to collect the fibrous material into a sheet or lap that would be even enough to be of any practical advantage in going to the cardingengine if it should pass any beater or other opening device after having been oiled.

What I claim7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a machine for opening fibrous material,

the combination, with the first and other beaters and the lapping device, of an oiler arranged and operating to administer oil to the iibrous material after it has passed the said beaters and immediately before it is Wound into a lap, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of October, 1880.

WILLIAM ED. WHITEHEAD. Witnesses:

J. G. BRADBURY, A. T. ATHERTON. 

